Railway-tie.



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RAILWAY-'TIE- Specification of Letters Patent.

estancadas@ 18,1907.

Application filed March 19,1907. Serial No. 35S-,245.

Zo @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT S. REAvis, a

citizen ol' the United States, residing at Washerence being ington7 in the District of Columbia, have invented a certain new and useful Railway-Tie,

of which the following is a specification, refe had therein to the accompanying drawing.' I

' This invention relates to railway ties the object of the invention being to rovide a practically indestructible article oi' the 'class- Vreferred to which will do away with the undesirable qualtiesofmetallic ties and retain all of the excellent qualities of Wooden ties, at

thc same time greatly reducing the expense incident to the replacing of 'worn out ties, the

construction hereinafterdescribed 'providing for the renewal of the rail bearing portions of the tie without the renewal of any other portion' thereof and without removing the main .'bodvof the tie frornits place in the road bed and ballast.y

.With the above and other obects in view the nature of which will more fu ly appear as the` description proceeds the invention consists in the novel construction, combination bodying the present lnvention, sho'wlng rail7 sections fastened thereon.

` and arrangement of parts asherein fully described, illustratedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-F igure 1 is a perspective view. of a railway tie em- Fig. 2 is a longitdinal section through one end of the-l tie. Fig. 3 is a cross section through one end of the tie. Fig. 4.is a detail perspective view of one of the rot'ector lates. Fie A5 is a horizontal section throng 1 one end, ofthe tie,

' crete and in its general form it resembles the showing other means for securing the .rail

blocks.

The mainbodyof the tieis formed of con# crete or what is known -as reinforced con- .o rdinarywooden tie now in common-use,

except that underthe placeswhere the rails 2 cross the tie, the latter is made of greater depth from top to bottom for al twofold pnrpose,.iirst to strengthen the tie where it is rel cessed to' receive 'the rail blocks and second] l -to form oppositely disposed yoffsets 'or'..shou

. ders 3 wliic ,when the tie is Lembedded in the ballast,keeps` the 4tie from moving lengthwise.;v As Aa further meansl of strengthening the tie, reinforcin rods or bars .4 are molded or embedded in e tie, the saine extendin lengthwise' thereof as shown inzFig. 2, an

these' rodsy or bars are 4'preferably provided .through correspondingV holes in 'the tie body o'wn into the lateral y desired the blocks 7 may be `coatedor 'saturated with` any suitable preservative to resist the action of the elements.

with shoulders 5 to prevent "creeping of the concrete. v

VExtending transversely of the tie are recesses 6 in which are-received rail blocks` or being dovetailedin shape to prevent the blocks from escaping from the recesses in an upward-fdirectioand also to provide for receiving .the spikes or fasteners which holdthe blocks in position against endwise movement.

The rails 2 are secured to and upon the blocks 7 lby the usual spikes as shown. Protector plates 8 extend along oppositesides of the recesses 6 and'reach to the edges of: the concrete which bound such recesses as clearly.r shown in Figs. l and' 2, thereby protecting the edges of the concrete from being broken in the operation of driving .the s 'ikes for example. Each plate B' is rovide with a pluport1ons, the said feet withy their toe ortions being,r embedded irr the concrete tie w 'le in a plastic condition and'forming a secure anchoring means for the protector plate. The plates 8 are formed With holes 10 for the re ception of spikes or nails 11 which are driven rojecting portions of the rail blocks. as clear y shown in Fig. 2.

yIn this wa the blocks 7 are held securely againsten wise movement.

Another plan of securing' the blocks 7 is illustrated in Fig/5 `in which it will be seen that one end ofthe bloclg is held by a bar 12 extending 'alon' the side of the tie and havin its op osite en s bent inward and hooked an 4einherl ded in the concrete. .The opposite end of. the block is held by a bar in the form of a bolt 13 which passes through the pro- 9 jecting ends of-a pair of anchor pieces 14 consisting-'of pieces or stripsof metal ernbedded in the concrete and bent or odset therein as shown. -By removing the bolt 13 and the rail spikes the block 7 may be slid out oi the recess in the tie 'and another new block may their' be introduced in its place.

From the foregoing descri tion it will be understood that the wooden lock 7, may be renewed quicklyand easily/without displacing the tie and the ballast surrounding the:

same. The tie 4itself is practically indestructible and'when once firmly in place in the road bed it cannot shift in any direction. ainted or will lest irufleluntely, it only being l. A railway tie embodyinga concrete v odset on its lower side to provide opcmg laars extending' lengthwise of the nd embedded therein and also ofisct to eorrspond with'tlie odsets in the body of the railway tie 'embodying s concrete prmuled in its upper side with recesses, bloc es seated in seid recesses, and reinars provided et numerous intery'.:nediele its ends with rib shoulders reilway tic embodyingT a concretel vided in its upper side with recesses,

- rail blocks seated iu seid recesses, and edge protector plates extending along op osite 'sides of said recesses in parallel re ationthereto.

4. .fr railway tie embodying a` concretel body proxudcd in its upper side with recesses,

to renew the rail blocks when they l loeated. transverse shoulders, and:

'extending along the opposite sides or said recesses and provided wlth extensions or feet v Which are embedded in thel tie.

6. A railway tie embodying a concrete body provided in its upper side with dovetailed recesses, dovetailed blocks seated in said recesses, plates extending along thc opposite sides of the recesses and overhanging the sides of the blocks, and fasteners driven through said plates into the blocks.I

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

yALBERT S. REAVIS.

Witnesses Rnxronn M. SMITH, E. H. PARKINs. 

